Sunday, December 29, 2013

On this post, I am finishing up with my favorite birds, photos, sunrises and sunsets..All simple pleasures I have enjoyed over the past year..

July...my favorite time to enjoy the beautiful flowers and butterflies.. And I love my Ruby-throated Hummingbirds..Goldie Girl is always a favorite of mine.

August..a sunset on our lake, a cool Green Heron, Bambi and a Great Crested Flyctcher in the backyard..

September was also an awesome month to see the warblers in my backyard.

More from September... favorite sightings..are the Shenandoah Black bear and some great backyard birds. Like the Scarlet Tanager, Black-throated Green Warbler and the Chestnut-sided Warbler.

October....Pretty sky shots taken during our New Mexico Vacation.

October....I added 13 lifers to my list during our New Mexico vacation. It is always fun to find new birds.

November..the Snowy owls started being seen along the east coast. Like the one above seen at the Indian River inlet in Delaware....a cool backyard Red-shouldered Hawk, Bald Eagle and some cute Brown-headed Nuthatches..

December was another awesome month for viewing Snowy Owls in Maryland..I love my Canon SX40...I can take cool moon shots..like the moon shot above was taken hand held and SOOC.

A special time in December was spending time with my great-nephew on Christmas day, along with a pretty sunset...bottom left is a scene from our walk on the nearby fireroad..May each day of the New Yearbring happiness, good cheerand sweet surprisesto you and all your dear ones!Happy New Year!

As always, I hope you enjoy seeing of my favorites and post! Thanks for visiting my blog. I always appreciate your comments.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas holiday. If you do not celebrate Christmas I hope you enjoy your holiday.. I thank all my blogging friends and visitors for their visits and comments over the past year. I have to say I enjoy blogging and visiting everyone's blogs...I wish everyone all the best in 2014..Happy New Year..

These are some of my backyard birds and some critters seen in my sister's yard on Christmas Day..

There were about 5 deer seen in my sister yard.. she feeds them corn and has a salt lick.. Sorry the pole is in the way some...

I have been seeing a lot of the White-throated Sparrows in my yard.. they are one of my winter birds.

The Bluejay is a year round visitor and love the peanuts.

I hope to see everyone join in on the critter party, link up your
blog post sharing your cute critters. Any kind of critter will do. I am
sure most everyone knows how to put a link on your post for Saturday's
Critters. Also, I
hope everyone will take some time and visit with some of the other
bloggers linking up.......

I am so happy you joined in on my Critter party....I hope to see you linking up again..

Thursday, December 26, 2013

We had somewhat of a quiet Christmas morning, my son opened his presents early and I had some time to watch my backyard birds.. Christmas dinner and family gift exchange was at my sister's house. We had lots of yummy food and desserts and were happy to see baby Neill for his 1st Christmas..

For NF Winged I am sharing some of the finches seen in my backyard on Christmas morning.

A couple of my American Goldfinches..

A pretty male House Finch..enjoying the Christmas feast on my deck railing..

The sunset on Christmas day was gorgeous..

A flock of geese flying over during the sunset..I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Day..I wanted to say thank you to all my blog followers for all their visits and comments over the year. I wish everyone all the best in 2014..Happy New Years..

Sunday, December 22, 2013

I still can not believe Christmas is only days away, I still have my wrapping to do and a pie to bake.I guess I better get with it, time is running out. I know a lot of my blogging friends are taking breaks for the holiday, which was probably a good idea.
I have a lot of favorite photos from 2013, I would like to share just the first half of the year. There were so many favorites, favorite sunrise and sunset, favorite bird and feeder and favorite photos. So here is just a quick review...

JANUARY....A beautiful Maryland sunrise and from my favorite birding place in Delaware..Hooded Merganser couple seen at Bombay Hook.

MAY...migration has started and summer birds are returning..these are some of my favorite birds and sightings...Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Least Bittern lifer, juvenile Brown Thrashers and a Indigo Bunting.

JUNE....Sunset over our lake and some of my favorite yardbirds: the singing Pine Warbler, two Redbellied Woodpeckers, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and a pretty local breeder the Northern Parula seen in my yard.

I will do a later post on the second half of 2013 sharing more of my favorites...I hope you enjoyed this post and my favorite photos..For some reason or another they are special to me..

I wish a very Merry Christmas to everyone and their families... a Happy & Healthy 2014...

As always, I hope you enjoy my post and thanks for visiting my blog. I always appreciate your comments.

I hope to see everyone join in on the critter party, link up your
blog post sharing your cute critters. Any kind of critter will do. I am
sure most everyone knows how to put a link on your post for Saturday's
Critters. Also, I
hope everyone will take some time and visit with some of the other
bloggers linking up.......

I am so happy you joined in on my Critter party....I hope to see you linking up again..

Thursday, December 19, 2013

I am sharing some of my backyard birds for NF Winged and some of the skies over my yard one evening. We need some warm days to melt the snow and ice that is still hanging around our yard.

I have a faithful Redbellied Woodie couple that frequently visit my feeders. They especially love the peanuts in the shell.

The Mourning Doves are all puffed out trying to keep warm. The weatherman is forcasting warmer temps at the end of this week and weekend. I hope they are right..

Another shot of my Redbellied Woodpecker..

Wednesday evening there were a few colorful clouds around the backyard..

The moon this morning, was looking beautiful.

Seen this morning the waning gibbous and Jupiter above and to the right of the moon.

I hope you enjoyed my birds, sky and post. Thanks for visiting my blog and I always appreciate your comments.

I
am looking forward to seeing you join in and share your critters on my MEME called Saturday
Critters..early Saturday Morning..join in on the party and post your
cute pets, wild animals, birds and the cute farm animals.

To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit Skywatch Friday
and to see more of the winged critters check out NF Winged

Thanks
to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday! Thanks to Monica the host of
NF Winged. I wish everyone a safe and happy long weekend.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

I am not really much a lover of snow or winter.. But, it is Ok if I do not have to go out and drive in it. I deal with crazy drivers on dry roads every day going to work and they scare me.....So, these same crazy drivers on wet, snowy and icy roads are just plain dangerous.

Our last snow was on Saturday, so I enjoyed watching the birds coming
and going at my feeders. There seems to be a feeding frenzy when it
snows..They do not have to worry, I have stocked up on the sunflower
seeds, suet and peanuts. They will not go hungry around my yard..

In the spring, this Cardinal pair will chase off any other Cardinal that shows up in their yard. But, I think they become nicer during a snowstorm and actually become civil and share the seeds and feeders.

My poor female is not looking happy with this cold weather and snow...I think she is ready for spring just like I am..bring it on.

I have been seeing the House Sparrows going inside one of my birdhouses. I think they are huddling in the house to keep warm.. We do have protection for the birds from the weather with all the birdhouses, pine trees, shrubs, the wood pile and bushes..

Thanks for visiting my post and for the nice comments.

I hope you can join in on my MEME called Saturday Critters..early on Saturday
Mornings ...join in with the party and post your cute critters.
Join in and post your birdies and to see more beautiful and wonderful bird photos please visit:
Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday and Michelle's Nature Notes. Thanks to our host Michelle our host Stewart. Happy Birding and have a wonderful week!

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I am married and have one son in his 20's. I live in Maryland, USA. Retired since Dec 2014 My hobbies are traveling, hiking, birding, taking photos and anything nature related.
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